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Trump Proves He's Alive by Complaining About 'Stupid' White House Contractors
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So he is setting the groundwork to justify not paying them isn't he?
Has he ever paid a contractor?
typically only after they sue him, and then only 75% of the agreed price…
source: used to work with contractors in nyc, he was widely hated but people still took his jobs because they were big and eventually did pay.
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an especially horrible story was when he destroyed the business of a guy who made pianos… trump wanted pianos for all of his suites in atlantic city or something, got this piano maker to hand make a few dozen pianos… the guy had put all of his money into making them.
trump didn’t pay, they guy’s business went under… couldn’t even buy new wood… eventually after court, trump settled for 50%…. the guy took it because he had to, but his business was ruined….
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i hated trump before it was cool….
yea my dad did finish woodworking for him in the 80s and some custom crown molding work and never saw a dime either - i’m told
I remember when I was in college in the early 2000s, I read that he used to do this to contractors and I’ve hated him ever since too.
I used to work for someone like this. Very rich, but very cheap. I was the person she would direct people to contact about their invoices not being paid. But I wasn't allowed to pay them without her permission. Which she wouldn't give.
But that’s not cheap as in frugal, it’s cheap as in contract fraud
That sounds like the worst job imaginable. I think I’d rather die.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna589261
that’s the guy… i’m sure my hearsay version has a lot of details wrong…
Probably.
I don't think he gives a crap, as long as it's taxpayer money, not his own.
Just like how Elon's fork in the road deal was genuine for the federal employees, but some of the Twitter employees who accepted it are still in court with him.